i am the head bridemaids?

Question

hi i going to be the head bridemaids at my best mate wedding what r my duties? plz help

Answer 1

Of all the maid of honor's duties the most important is to offer moral support to the bride. That and lend a sympathetic ear, a helping hand and a shoulder to lean on. The maid of honor has many responsibilities to ensure the wedding planning and the wedding day is worry-free for the bride. She is to relieve the bride of the more stressful burdens, so the bride may enjoy her wedding to its fullest.

Wedding Planning Duties: (you don't need to do all of them - these are suggestions)

- Help the bride shop for her wedding dress
- Visit reception sites with the bride as a "second pair of eyes"
- Help the bride choose the wedding flowers and reception decorations
- Shop for the bridesmaid dresses
- Ensure the bridesmaid dresses are ordered well before the wedding
- Address wedding invitations
- Help make wedding guest favors
- Purchase, address and send out bridal shower invitations
- Host a bridal shower
- Keep track of the gifts during the bridal shower (who gave what)
- Host a bachelorette party
- Attend the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner
- Help out during the rehearsal dinner
- Buy the couple a wedding gift


Wedding Day Duties:
- Decorate the reception site (and clean up at the end of the night)
- Help the bride get dressed
- Either pick up or receive (if delivered) the wedding flowers from the florist
- Distribute the bouquets, boutonnieres and corsages to the wedding party and the couple's parents and grandparents
- Ensures all the bridesmaids are ready (hair and makeup) and arrive at the ceremony on time
- Adjust the bride's veil and train before she walks down the aisle
- Hold the bride's bouquet during the wedding ceremony
- Hold the groom's ring until the exchange of rings
- Witnesses the signing of the marriage license
- Participate in the wedding photos
- Bustles the bride's wedding dress for the reception
- Help the bride in the washroom
- Give bride's gift to groom if bride wishes
- Stand in the receiving line
- Give a maid of honor speech and toast
- Dance the first dance with the best man
- And anything the bride wishes, within reason

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Answer 2

From the answers you have received there is a vast different in what the chief bridesmaid is expected to do. Presume much depends on the country or area where you live. I have another one of my daughters getting married this year and wouldn't have dreamed of taken the bridesmaid to choose the venue unless it was a close family member. In our case it is her sister but when we chose she actually wasn't there. Again as parents we are paying for the wedding so know it may be different it it is the couple who are contributing/paying or the inlaws. My daughter and fiance chose the venue then took us to see. Here everything for the bridesmaid to wear is paid by the bride and she also gets a gift. The bridesmaid would normally go with the bride to chose the wedding dress and bridesmaids/flower girls dresses. She would arrange a 'hen' weekend or night and generally assist the bride if asked to help decide inviations, flowers etc but wouldn't necessarily call that a duty. On the day of the wedding she should be with the bride but the bride will pay for make up and hair trials and also again on the day. She will help the bride to dress and ensure all is perfect with her. She will be waiting at the church/venue for the bride to arrival, sort veil/dress coming out of car, going up aisle etc. During the marriage ceremony she would probably hold the bride's bouquet and most importantly witness the ceremony. Afterwards she will sign the register as witness and generally continue to assist the bride throughout the day. At the first dance she will dance this with the bestman. Later during reception she will give out the favours although in recent years these have often been on the tables for the guests. This is a rough guid but understand as I said at the beginning it can vary so much.

Answer 3

The chief bridesmaid is usually a sister or close friend of the bride. However, if she is already married herself or if the bride is a widow and is re-marrying, her title becomes Matron of Honour. She will liaise closely with the bride during all the wedding preparations and help look after the other bridesmaids, flower girl and page boys.
Duties are:
-Discuss the plans with the bride, groom and best man
-Discuss the dress or outfit with the bride, especially if being made. Ascertain who will pay for the outfit.
-Help the bride to choose her dress and the bridesmaids dresses
-Attend the wedding rehearsal if required.
-Collect any hired clothing and accessories.
-Ensure bouquets are ready for the bride, bridesmaids and flower girl.
-Help the bride with her hair, make-up and dress.
-Help the other bridesmaids, flower girl and page boys get dressed and give them any final instructions on their duties.
-Leave for the ceremony 10 minutes before the bride.
-Stand in the receiving line and greet the guests.
-Help to display and record gifts received.
-Distribute slices of the wedding cake to the guests.
-Have the first dance with the best man.
-Help the bride change into her going away outfit.
-Take care of her dress and accessories if required.

Hope this helps

Answer 4

Holy crap you got some long answers on this question. Quickly
Be there for the bride!
Be there her when she is picking out the bridesmaids dresses - you may be her model.
If she wants you there be there to help her find her dress
Plan or help plan a bridal shower
Plan a bachelorette party
Most importantly don't complain TO HER! Complain to your own friends/family if you are having a problem. Be a great friend and if there are problems within the bridal party try to help smooth them out. So most importantly just be there for her!
Have fun with it! Be excited with her! Try to make everything special that is done!
Good luck - it really ins't too hard!

Answer 5

I'm assuming that "head bridesmaid" is like the same thing as Maid of Honor.

I was just the MOH in my best friend's wedding this past August.

Here's what I did...you may or may not do all of this; it depends on what your best friend wants. But here's a list:
1) help her pick her wedding dress
2) choose bridesmaid dresses
3) keep in contact with her bridesmaids and let them know when you've found a bridesmaid dress, where they can order it, how much it costs, what kind of shoes/jewelry/makeup/hair she wants her bridesmaids to have on the day of
4) plan the shower (usually you do this with the mother of the bride--you may have to pay for most, all or some of the costs), get the bridesmaids involved in the shower planning process also
5) plan the bachelorette party
6) help her pick up her wedding dress and keep it safe for her on her day
7) help her get stuff for her reception together (like baskets for the bathrooms)
8) attend the rehearsal and help out at the rehearsal
9) keep her calm the night before; you will probably stay with her the night before--not with your friends, family, fiance/boyfriend, etc.
10) help her get ready on the day of
11) keep her calm on the day of
12) keep her away from any issues on the day of--you help to handle them
13) keep her bridesmaids in check and on task doing whatever the bride needs on the day of
14) make a toast at the reception

you may also have to help plan her engagement party, but that's up to you guys.

being a maid of honor is a lot of work but so fun! and, don't forget, she can do it for you one day! my best friend has just been saddled with the role of my maid of honor. i haven't put her to work yet, but she knows its coming!

Answer 6

Duties before the wedding:

Encourage and help the bride plan her wedding.
Help decorate ceremony and reception locations where necessary.
Help the bride select the bridesmaids' dresses.
Help organise the hen's party.
Help prepare and send the wedding invitations.
Help assemble the souvenirs.

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Answer 7

Apart from sorting out the hen night and making sure your on hand to help the bride out and calm her down. On the day, make sure her outfit is sitting well, fluff her train, check her hair and make up, make sure you've got any make up touch ups she might need and just be a good mate to her. This is her wedding day and you just gotta be one step ahead of her so that if somebody has an 'issue' on the big day they come to you to sort it rather than annoy the bride and freak her out.

Just make sure she looks and feels gorgeous and take any stress away from her. Enjoy your day.

Answer 8

You need to ask the bride what you could do to make everything alot easier and stress free. Planning a wedding is one of the hardest and most stressful things to do if your doing it with no help, so you should ask her.

Answer 9

I believe your title is Maid of Honor and you're responsible to make sure the bridesmaids are together and assisting the bride with things she's not going to have time to deal with.

Answer 10

Your job is to make sure that all runs smoothly, help with looking for a dress, decorations, assembling decorations, food orders, help with food if its being made by the family. Throw a bridal shower for all of her friends and family to attend.